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Podcast: Crime Analyst
Episode: Analysing the Menendez Murders with Hazel Thornton, Part 1
Description: Laura starts a new series unravelling the murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez and speaks with Hazel Thornton, who was one of the jurors at the first seven-month trial in 1993. Jose and Kitty were shot dead on August 20, 1989, at their home in Beverly Hills. 21-year-old Lyle and 18-year-old Erik were later arrested for their parents’ murders. The dominant narrative in the media was that they were greedy, rich kids who killed their parents in cold blood for money. In this episode Laura goes behind the scenes of the trial with Hazel, who...